The Pastor Inyangs and their Churches

As a no longer practicing Roman Catholic, I am aware that it takes the Catholic Church fourteen years of hard work to produce one Priest. Specifically, a prospective Priest spends seven years in the Junior Seminary and another seven years in the Senior Seminary before being ordained a Priest. What do we find in the modern “living” churches? Anybody, just about anybody, can leave his immediate environment, move to another part of the country, and become a Pastor with or without any formal training. Such people are usually “called” by God and they give their lives to Jesus in obedience.

If you do not come near these so-called churches, you will not understand what goes on inside. The Pastors of these churches use all sorts of powers to influence their adherents to empty their pockets for them during prayer sessions, sometimes lasting several hours and usually daily. Somehow they even manage to convince their followers to pay “tithe” usually in the sum of 10% of their income. These followers contribute their hard earned money to build mansions for their Pastors and also buy posh cars in addition. They make them live at standards only millionaires can afford. What do they get in return? People who were known to live in single room apartments without any conveniences suddenly move to choice areas where only the rich live.

The news of Pastor Inyang’s imprisonment for four years for fraud should serve as an eye opener to all those who are still labouring under the influence of these so-called Pastors. No Pastor, or anybody for that matter, has powers to see into the future. They have neither the training nor powers to cure anybody. If you are sick, please go to the hospital or seek alternative therapy. All the so-called “miracles” are simple tricks they learn from each other. The story of Pastor Inyang is typical of all of them. They are all simple fraudsters.

Tata, everybody

Napoleon